PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release October 22, 2015
Contact: Steele Bremner, (843) 545-3363
Island Jazz Quartet to play at Waccamaw Library
The Island Jazz Quartet is going to bring some smooth tunes to the Waccamaw Library,
and you’re invited to sit back and enjoy – or kick your shoes off and dance!
The free concert will take place on Saturday, November 14th, from 7 – 8:30 pm in the
library’s DeBordieu Auditorium, 41 St. Paul Place, Pawleys Island.
The Island Jazz Quartet is comprised of musicians who started playing when they were
just kids - and loved it so much, they never stopped. Clair Fancher is on the bass, but
also had plenty of bookings as a cornet virtuoso.
“I played gigs almost continuously for 35 years in groups ranging from duos to 16-piece
big bands,” he said. “For a while, I even backed a 5-piece banjo band.”
Guitarist Ben Clark is originally from North Carolina, but moved here in 1995.
“I’ve been playing stringed instruments since I was 12 years old,” he said. “All attempts
to stop me have been futile.”
Jack Seibert played drums in high school and college and continued played through his
teaching career of 40 years in New York State.
“My music experience ranges from performing in Country Swing, Rock and Roll, Jazz
ensembles, Dixie Land Jazz bands and most recently in music groups providing a
repertoire of music for all occasions,” he said.
Saxophone player Barry Lieberman began playing instruments at 8 and could play all
wind instruments by the time he arrived at Ithaca College. He taught for 32 years as a
band director and performed every chance he could get.
“In Rhode Island, I played in the Coastline Swing Band for 15 years and conducted the
Wakefield Concert Band,” he said. “Playing with the Island Jazz Quartet is one of the
joys of being here in Pawleys.”
The concert is sponsored by the Waccamaw Library and Friends of the Waccamaw
Library. Registration is not required, but you are encouraged to email to help gauge
attendance: [email protected].
